Prayer frees us to be controlled by God. To pray is to change. There is no greater liberating force in the Christian… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
But if we know that the people of God are first a fellowship of sinners, we are freed to hear the unconditional… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Just as worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience. If worship does not propel us into greater obedience, it… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Owning things is an obsession in our culture. If we own it, we feel we can control it; and if we control… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
If we truly love people, we will desire for them far more than it is within our power to give them, and… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
If we think we will have joy only by praying and singing psalms, we will be disillusioned. But if we fill our… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Our Adversary majors in three things: noise, hurry and crowds. If he can keep us engaged in "muchness" and "manyness," he will… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
The message from all quarters is the same: our undisciplined consumption must end. If we continue to gobble up our resources without… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Jesus reminds us that prayer is a little like children coming to their parents. Our children come to us with the craziest… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
If we are silent when we should speak, we are not living the Discipline of silence. If we speak when we should… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
The Spiritual Disciplines are things that we do. We must never lose sight of this fact. It is one thing to talk… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
If the Lord is to be Lord, worship must have priority in our lives. The divine priority is worship first, service second. — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
The discovery of God lies in the daily and the ordinary, not in the spectacular and the heroic. If we cannot find… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Prayer is - listening for the still small voice of God. Listening with the "ear of our hearts." — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Over-consumption is a cancer eating away at our spiritual vitals. It distances us from the great masses of broken bleeding humanity. It converts us… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“To believe that God can reach us and bless us in the ordinary junctures of daily life is the stuff of prayer.” — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
There is an old proverb to the effect that 'all those who open their mouths, close their eyes!' The purpose of silence and solitude… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
It is an occupational hazard of devout folk to become stuffy bores. This should not be. Of all people, we should be the most… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“Lord God, you deserve my best. Forgive me for the times I have offered you only the dregs, whether it be half-heartedly muttered prayers… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Superficiality is the curse of our age. The doctrine of instant satisfaction is a primary spiritual problem. — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“I want to mention one other reason why we shy away from commitment. It is, very simply, the fear that we will not be… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“It is one thing to act like a servant; it is quite another to be a servant.” — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“we hold on so tightly to the good that we do know that we cannot receive the greater good that we do not know.… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
